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I wonder if Brees will offer to rework his contract to free up some cash?

And I can understand Graham being upset about being franchised as a TE when they tend to use him a lot as a WR. But unless he wants to change his official designation from TE to WR he's at the team's mercy, which isn't completely fair but it is what it is.

"Wednesday marked the end of an era for the New Orleans Saints defense as they announced they are parting ways with four team veterans and members of their 2009 Super Bowl championship team: defensive end Will Smith, linebacker Jonathan Vilma, safety Roman Harper and cornerback Jabari Greer."

"These were not easy decisions to make," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said in a statement. "Since we acquired them, Jabari, Roman, Will and Jonathan have all been excellent players on the field for us. Each of them were integral parts in turning this program around and winning a Super Bowl. They were a great example to our players as team leaders in the locker room as well. ...

"However ... these difficult moves allow us to position our team under the salary cap to move forward for 2014."

These moves should put the Saints under the salary cap for now. They were projected to be around $13-15 million over the cap, but they'll need even more space to re-sign or use the franchise tag on free-agent tight end Jimmy Graham and clear space for other free-agent signings."

In short, it was a thank you for the 2009 Superbowl, now here's a head start on finding another team/job because we're in cap trouble and would rather keep high-paid players on our famed offense...from the Saints.

Not to provide another bad example, but if Antrel Rolle plays nickel corner for a 66% of the snaps very well due to a depleted CB depth and 33% at safety, should he be entitled to the CB franchise tag of around $10 mil as suppose to the safety tag around $7 mil?

It's just a can of worms waiting to open if players are allowed to cross positions just for the higher franchise tag.

"Wednesday marked the end of an era for the New Orleans Saints defense as they announced they are parting ways with four team veterans and members of their 2009 Super Bowl championship team: defensive end Will Smith, linebacker Jonathan Vilma, safety Roman Harper and cornerback Jabari Greer."

"These were not easy decisions to make," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said in a statement. "Since we acquired them, Jabari, Roman, Will and Jonathan have all been excellent players on the field for us. Each of them were integral parts in turning this program around and winning a Super Bowl. They were a great example to our players as team leaders in the locker room as well. ...

"However ... these difficult moves allow us to position our team under the salary cap to move forward for 2014."

These moves should put the Saints under the salary cap for now. They were projected to be around $13-15 million over the cap, but they'll need even more space to re-sign or use the franchise tag on free-agent tight end Jimmy Graham and clear space for other free-agent signings."

In short, it was a thank you for the 2009 Superbowl, now here's a head start on finding another team/job because we're in cap trouble and would rather keep high-paid players on our famed offense...from the Saints.

Please fax this to JR !!!!! Maybe he can learn something from this !!!!!!!